Online appointment schedulers use advanced algorithms and updated technologies to help businesses and clients find, schedule, and prioritize appointments efficiently. This makes operations smoother and more productive, whether it's a medical practice trying to ensure patients are on time or a law firm managing a large number of consultations.
These are the advantages of using online appointment planners
With online appointment calendars, service providers and customers can quickly and easily find a common appointment and avoid misunderstandings about the date and time. There are also other advantages:
Convenient appointment booking: Customers can easily book appointments online themselves instead of waiting for a long time or making phone calls.
Clear overview of available appointments for customers: The clear and concise presentation of the available time slots makes planning decisions easier.
Minimize errors and double bookings: Central appointment management is more accurate and reliable and appointments are less likely to be booked twice or other errors to occur.
In this article, you'll find six of the best-rated online appointment planners for customers in Germany. We've only selected online appointment planners that have received at least 20 user reviews on Capterra, including at least one review from a user in Germany in the last two years. All tools have an average overall rating of at least 4 out of 5 stars and are available in Germany and in German. You can find more information about our selection criteria at the end of the article.
1st Calendly
Appointment booking in Calendly with option to share meeting links
Appointment booking in Calendly [Source: Capterra ]
Calendly is an online appointment scheduler that helps individuals, teams, and businesses streamline their appointment scheduling processes. Users can list their availability and share scheduling links with others. It integrates with other online appointment schedulers to automatically sync scheduled appointments across devices. Customization options include the ability to add branding and custom text to your booking pages. It can also accept online payments.
Calendly
Calendly
4.7
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2,876
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4.7
customer service
4.4
price-performance ratio
4.5
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"Remarkable experience. I love this solution."
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José Luis
Head Representative in Germany
What are the main features of Calendly?
Customizable availability settings: Users can set their availability including specific time slots, meeting duration, and buffer times between appointments.
Automated email notifications: The online tool sends automatic email notifications to organizers and participants when an appointment is scheduled or rescheduled.
Scheduling features for teams: Team members can inform each other about their availability and coordinate times for meetings.
Integration with third-party applications: Calendly integrates with a variety of third-party tools, such as customer relationship management (CRM) systems, video conferencing platforms, and productivity systems.
Support for various appointment types: Various types of appointment bookings are supported, including individual appointments, group meetings, round-robin appointments, and event registrations.
Calendly pricing options
Free version: The free version offers basic scheduling features with one appointment type, unlimited meetings, a customizable booking page, automatic notifications, and more.
Standard: The standard version offers several customization and integration features as well as an unlimited number of event types and meetings.
Teams: The Teams version also offers scheduling based on the round-robin principle as well as admin functions for team management, events and permissions.
Enterprise: With the Enterprise version, companies receive faster support and assistance with onboarding and implementation, as well as advanced user provisioning and more.
2nd Doodle
The online appointment planner Doodle
Schedule a meeting in the online appointment planner Doodle [Source: Capterra ]
Online appointment planner Doodle for easy coordination of recurring meetings, events and appointments. With Doodle, users can create polls with multiple date and time options, after which participants can vote between these options to find out which date works best for everyone. The integration option with various other online appointment planners means that planned appointments can be synchronized across devices. In addition, there are customizable meeting templates, reminders and functions for tracking who is attending an appointment.
Doodle
Doodle
4.6
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5
1,236
4
482
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85
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11
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8
user-friendliness
4.6
customer service
4.4
price-performance ratio
4.6
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"Super lightweight tool with simple layout, user friendly."
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Linda
Advisor to the Management in Germany
What are the main features of Doodle?
Scheduling for groups: Multiple participants can compare their availability and find a common appointment time.
Customizable branding: Users can customize the look and feel of their appointment polls with branding elements such as logos and colors.
Multi-language support: Companies with internationally distributed teams can use the tool in different languages.
Doodle pricing options
Free version: Basic scheduling features with a sign-up form, booking page, 1:1 meeting, and unlimited group calls.
Pro version: All the features of the free version plus ad-free scheduling with unlimited sign-up forms, booking pages, 1:1 meetings and group calls, and custom branding features.
Team version: Management console, activity reports, roles and permissions, and features for collaborative event management.
Enterprise version: Priority support, single sign-on , onboarding and training.
3. Sign In Scheduling
Calendar in Sign In Scheduling with analytics and detailed meeting information
Calendar in Sign In Scheduling with analytics and detailed meeting information [Source: Capterra ]
Sign In Scheduling offers a range of features to simplify corporate appointment scheduling processes. Users can choose between customizable booking pages that match their branding and manage appointments in central calendars. Analytics and reporting tools provide data-driven insights for informed decision-making. Automated scheduling features and reminders via email, SMS and voice message make team scheduling easier. There are also third-party integrations for tools such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Salesforce and users can accept online payments for bookings.
Sign In Scheduling
Sign In Scheduling
4.7
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5
562
4
190
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21
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5
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3
user-friendliness
4.5
customer service
4.6
price-performance ratio
4.8
Verified Reviewers
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"Fast, simply good"
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Anonymous reviewer
What are the main features of Sign In Scheduling?
Centralized calendar management and database: The central calendar system allows users to manage appointments in one place and thus reduce scheduling conflicts. Users can also create a customer database.
Visitor management: When planning an event, participants can register in advance to reduce administration and check-in time.
Recurring Meetings: The tool helps create recurring appointments and meetings for regular customers.
Multiple login options: Customers and visitors can log in in a variety of ways, such as scanning a QR code.
Pricing options for Sign In Scheduling
Standard version: Offers appointment scheduling features such as a booking page, branding customization options, automatic reminders, mass emails, in-app chat, and more.
Pro version: All standard features plus multiple booking pages, customizable branding with themes, bulk SMS, phone support, advanced analytics, and voice booking.
4th SimplyBook.me
Online appointment planner in SimplyBook.me with customizable branding
Online appointment planner with customizable branding [Source: Capterra ]
SimplyBook.me helps streamline booking processes in service-based businesses. Teams can create customizable booking pages where customers can book appointments, classes or services online. It also offers features such as automatic scheduling, calendar synchronization, client management, online payments and integrations with various third-party tools.
SimplyBook.me
SimplyBook.me
4.6
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830
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344
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54
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16
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12
user-friendliness
4.3
customer service
4.5
price-performance ratio
4.5
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"After endless trial and error and numerous software tools, SimplyBook is finally the right one!!..."
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Sarah
Marketing Specialist in Germany
What are the main features of SimplyBook.me?
Customer management and database: Companies can create a database of customer information, track appointment history, and manage customer communications.
Automated reminders: Customers are automatically reminded of upcoming appointments or courses.
Course and group planning: The tool enables the creation of courses and recurring meetings as well as the management of participants for courses, workshops or events.
SimplyBook.me pricing options
Free version: Allows the use of one custom feature, one provider and up to 50 bookings.
Basic version: Up to five providers and 100 bookings.
Standard version: Access to eight custom features, 15 providers and 500 bookings.
Premium version: Access to unlimited custom features, 30 vendors and 2,000 bookings, plus QuickBooks, Xero and FreshBooks integrations.
5th TuCalendi
TuCalendi dashboard with planned and upcoming meetings [Source: Capterra ]
TuCalendi makes scheduling easy with an online calendar that can also receive payments. Users can create customizable online forms and add them to booking widgets to collect information from clients. Appointments can be assigned to specific team members or service providers based on pre-determined criteria. Users can also set appointment duration, choose meeting and sharing options, and use time zone options to easily find available appointments.
The tool supports multiple languages, so events and meetings can be created in the language of the participants. There are also third-party integrations for Google and Outlook, as well as tools such as ClickUp, Stripe, GoToMeeting and Zoom.
TuCalendi
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"TuCalendi has been my calendar app for over a year now taiwan telegram data nicer, more secure and GDPR compliant..."
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Maud
owner in Germany
What are the main features of TuCalendi?
Website integration: Plan meetings and events directly on users’ websites.
Personalized booking link: Users can share a personalized link that their customers can use to schedule appointments.
Customizable form fields: Service providers can use customized forms to collect all relevant information from their customers directly during booking.